How Talking to a Friend Helps (Live at The International Festival of Arts and Ideas)
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Pushkin Industries
4.7 • 14.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Making shows about her own happiness challenges was both fun and instructive for Dr Laurie, but it also took guts to be so vulnerable and open. She later spoke to her close friend at Yale Dr Tamar Gendler about the experience. This private chat threw up lots of interesting insights, so when the duo were asked to speak at the 2024 International Festival of Arts and Ideas... they decided to share parts of that private conversation with the public.
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| 0:35.0 | Hey there, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, and I study human behavior. |
| 0:40.0 | On my podcast, a slight change of plans, I talk to people who have experienced major upheaval, |
| 0:46.0 | moments that instantly divide their lives into a before and an after. |
| 0:50.7 | This is not just a swimmate, this is who I am. |
| 0:54.0 | And if I don't do this, why am I here? |
| 0:57.0 | What is my worth? |
| 0:58.0 | I have none if I can't do this and do it well. |
| 1:00.0 | I also speak with scientists about how we can be more resilient in the face of change. |
| 1:05.0 | I think motherhood sort of ushers in for most women this chapter of |
| 1:11.0 | reckoning, confronting illusions about ourselves that we are then forced to let |
| 1:19.3 | go of and that process of letting go can be very messy and very painful. |
| 1:25.6 | Listen to a slight change of plans on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
| 1:31.5 | podcast. or wherever you get your podcasts. Pushkin. Thanks to everyone who listened to the most recent season of the happiness lab which was all about the well-being |
| 1:53.6 | challenges that I struggle with most. I've learned a lot for making that series but I |
| 1:58.3 | got to admit at times it was pretty hard I know it's healthy to be vulnerable and talk about your problems, but it's |
| 2:04.6 | often easier said than done. Which is exactly what I'll be discussing on this week's episode |
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